Lawyers from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom were biking through Southern France in 2010 when they came up with an idea to help boost the sluggish market in mergers…
Sixty-eight law firm mergers have been announced in the first nine months of 2015, the highest number since legal consulting firm Altman Weil began keeping track of the numbers in…
Many conservative commentators have aired claims that trial lawyers appear more liberal than the rest of the population, and they overwhelmingly contribute to Democratic candidates.
Updated: As the world watches two megafirms create the biggest global legal shop, some observers are questioning how merger partners so different can have a successful marriage.
Two well-known law firms in Canada and the United Kingdom have agreed to a merger of equals, and are already looking ahead to further international expansion in upcoming years.
Only a few months ago, two major regional firms in upstate New York said they were dating but nowhere near ready to get engaged, let alone tie the knot.
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